Railway-tie and fastener.



' c. H. WISE. RAILWAY UE VAND FASTENER. APPLICATION FILEDMAR. l0, 19H.

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Patented @ein il, 191% application .nea nales io,` miv. serial no. pianos.

To all whom t may concern lie it known that l, @nannies ll. `Wise, a

itizen of the llnited States, residing at @il City, inthe county of Vl/venango and hltate of llflennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in `Railway-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a speciiication.

i ll/ly invention relates to railway ties and fasteners and has for its primary object to provide a tie and fastener which will he strong, durable, and effective and which will retain the rails against vibration.

.llinother important object of the invention is to provide a rail fastening which may loe readily engaged or disengaged from the rail with a minimum physical effort.

Another important object is to employ ai rail fastening of this character, which may he used in conjunction with any type of rail now in use.,

llt is another ohj'ect to provide a railway tie fastening of this general character which is simple in construction, consisting of few parts, is inexpensive to manufacture, and which may he easily placed in operative position.

Wlhe invention consists of the novel arrangements and combinations of coperating elements which will he hereinafter spe cihcally set forth in the following description and specifically defined in the appended claims.

lin the drawings wherein my improved construction is illustrated lligure l is a plan view of the railway tie and fastener constructed in accordance with my invention,

llig, 2 is a side view of the same,

lllig. d is a sectional view,

llig.. l is a transverse sectional view through a slightly modified forni of the railway rail fastener, and

lligu 5 is a plan view of the same.

ln the drawings in which lilre characters of reference designate similar and lilre parts: the numeral 5 designates my improved crosstie which consists of a hase (i, a weh l, and a horizontally disposed llange 8. ris a whole, this cross-tie is :lf-shaped in cross section and is cast from the usual strong metal. The flange 8 is adapted to support the railway rails, one of which is herein illustrated and desi "nated loy the numeral 'll .iis railv is all l the forms no part of the invention, it will only he set forth ni a general way. y

rlhe specific construction of my improved `fastening will now he described in full.` lin ordinary use there are two of these fastenings employed for each cross-tie- The numeral l0 designates a hase plate of the improved fastening which is formed from metal, possessing the desired strength and durability. 'llhe transverse edges of this plate are bent upon themselves as at Ill and extended inwardly and toward each other andprovide clips 'lf2l which are adapted for engagement with the horizontal portion or tread El of the cross-tie. Formed with one of the longitudinal edges of this plate 'l0 or otherwise secured, is a rail engaging clamp i3 which is adapted to overlie and engage the hase of the rail.

Formed upon the inner face of the plate l0 is a soelret ll which receives a resilient expansihle coil spring l5. Positioned in the socket and engaging the coil spring and norn mally urged outwardly hy the same, is a locking dog l@ which is adapted to enter an opening in the tread or horizontal por tion 8 of the cross-tie to retain the fastening into engagement with the railway rail and this cross-tie, ln this case, only one of the sockets and locking dogs is illustrated hut it will he understood that any numher of them may he employed.

ln Figs. l and 5 l have shown a slightly modified form of the fastening. ln this form the plate l0 ahove described is employed and is provided with a soclret llW which entends clear through the plate lll.. Mounted 'therein is a coil spring ltl which hears against a pin or locking dog lil which is adapted to he received in an opening in the tread of the crosstie. 'lhis loching dog 19 carries a 'transversely extending hanu dle Q0 which entends through longitudinal slots in the socket ll the purpose of which is to retract the loclring dog from the opening' in the crosstie,

lirom the alcove disclosure it will he seen that hy simply moving the loclring dog or holt within the suchet the plate l@ may he mounted in position on the tread of the cross-tie and the clamping memher lt enw gaging with the tread of the rail and upon releasing the locking dog or holt, it will enter the openillgln the crosstie and retain the :la ing against morerooina; lt should till 'lli

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also be noted that the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 may be disconnected from the rail by simply grasping the handle 2O and restricting the locking dog or bolt 19 and thereby permitting the fastening to be slid off the cross-tie.

This disclosure is merely illustrative and l do not Wish to be limited to the exact details and arrangement of the forms herein specified, but that I will make such legitimate-changes and modifications that may fall within the scope of the herewith ap- '.pended claims.

engaging means carried thereby, clips also carried by .the plate and adapted for engagementwith the cross-tie, and a resiliently actuated locking dog carried by the plate and adapted for locking engagement with the tie.

3. A rail fastening comprising a plate, the transverse edges of the plate being bent and extended inwardly to provide enga ging clips, a rail engaging clamp formed with the plate, a socket carried by the plate, and a resiliently actuated locking dog mounted in the socket and adapted for locking engagement with the cross-tie.

4l. rl`he combination with a cross tie having a socket formed in the upper surface thereof, of a rail clamp slidably mounted on the tie and provided with a socket, and a latch resiliently mounted in said socket and adapted to automatically engage the socket in the tie, when the clamp is in a rail abutting position.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. Wl SE.

Witnesses G. R. SMITH, C. G. R. Sfrlnlviunsun.

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